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Ministry of Textiles
Wool Fab- Celebrating Handloom Haat begins for visitors
Wool Fab, an exclusive handloom exhibition of woolen product started today in Handloom Haat, Janpath, New Delhi.
The exhibition will be open to public from 11am to 8pm for fourteen days up to 14th February 2023. Woolen handloom products drawn from some of the exotic locations of India are on display and sale at the exhibition. A brief list is given below:
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· Gujarat
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Bhujodi Shawl, Stoles, Chamak Shawl, Patang Shawl, Jari Mirror Shawl
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· Jammu & Kashmir
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Kanishawl, Pashmina Shawl, Woolen Dress Material, Stoles
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. Himachal Pradesh
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Kullu Shawl, Muffler, Tweed, Himachal Cap
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. Maharashtra
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Ghongadi
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. Leh
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Pashmina Shawl
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. Uttarakhand
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Loi, Donkha, Blanket, Shawl, Pankhi
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· Rajasthan
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Pattu, Jacket, Blanket
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· Uttar Pradesh
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Shawl, Woolen Dress Material, Jacket, Durry
Government of India has launched the “Handloom Mark” scheme for handloom products and “India Handloom Brand” scheme for branding of high-quality handloom products with zero defects and zero effect on the environment to encourage and give a distinct identity to the products, apart from highlighting the sustainability and uniqueness of the products. It also serves a guarantee for the buyer that the product being purchased is genuinely handwoven. All the exhibitors at the Wool Fab have been encouraged to display the ‘Handloom Mark’ and ‘India Handloom Brand’ tag on the products and thus aim to improve the earnings of the handloom weaver community.
Handloom sector is a symbol of our country’s rich and varied cultural heritage. It is a traditional and still futuristic sector with focus on sustainable production. The handloom sector of India consists of 35 lakh handloom workers. The art of handloom weaving has traditional values attached to it and each region has exquisite varieties. The uniqueness of woolen products such as Kani shawl, Pashmina Shawl, Kullu Shawl, Jacket, Muffler, Stoles, Coat, Woolen Suits to name a few attracts customers across the globe with exclusives weaves, designs and traditional motifs.
Over the period of more than 2 decades, this exhibition is an initiative of the office of Development Commissioner for Handlooms, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India through National Handloom Development Corporation  Ltd. to provide direct access to the handloom woolen weavers to market their products to consumers in various cities of India. The participants are from various State Government Bodies / Apex Societies, Primary Handloom Weavers Co-operative Societies / Handloom Agencies and Integrated Handloom Development Scheme. Coinciding with 75 years of Independence, there will be 75 Stalls including thematic display of handloom products, live loom demonstration and exhibition cum sale by weavers from across India.
Ministry of Defence
INS Sunayna participates in Combined Maritime Forces  Exercise at Seychelles
INS Sunayna participated in the capacity building exercise Operation Southern Readiness conducted by Combined Maritime Forces  at Seychelles from 24-27 Sep 22. The Indian Navy was welcomed to the CMF by Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, US NAVCENT. This is the maiden participation of an Indian Navy ship in CMF exercise.
As part of the interactive sessions attended by representatives of the participating countries, a training lecture on Maritime Domain Awareness was conducted by the Indian Navy. A live demonstration on Visit Board Search & Seizure  operations was also conducted onboard HMS Montrose led by the Seychelles Special forces with close support from the Indian Naval team.
The event was coordinated as part of Distinguished Visitor's demonstration and witnessed by Mr Wavel Ramkalawan, the Hon'ble President of the Republic of Seychelles and senior officials of member countries of CMF. The participation of Indian Navy in the joint exercise was highly appreciated.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Shri Nitin Gadkari says agriculture is our real strength supporting fuel energy security of the country
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari has said agriculture is our real strength and we are intended to diversify it into the energy and power sector. Addressing Bio-Energy Summit 2021 ‘Farm-2-Fuel : Sustainable Bioenergy Solutions for Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ he said India’s fuel energy security can be well supported by Agriculture as It provides opportunities for concepts such as waste to wealth and waste to energy and ultimately leading to the benefit of all. The Minister said these targets will be achieved through a five-phased strategy which includes: adopting biofuels and renewables, implementing energy efficiency norms, improving refinery processes ,increasing domestic production and achieving demand substitution. He said this strategy uses a strategic role for biofuels in the Indian energy basket. The Minister said the announcements on advancing of the target year for 20% ethanol-blending by five years to 2025, 5% blending of biodiesel in a diesel by 2030, directing Oil companies to sell 20 percent ethanol-blended petrol from April 1, 2023, and BIS specifications for higher ethanol blends - E12 and E15 gives an indication the importance that government gives to biofuels and alternative source of energy.
Shri Gadkari said both Brazil and India are stepping ahead on the sustainable energy roadmap. He said through technology transfer and sharing our experiences, we can surely establish a self-reliant energy ecosystem in our countries. He said India is one of the fastest-growing economy leading through sustainable and climate-neutral development. He said Society should be livable, workable, and sustainable for all with an important focus on ethics, ecology, and the environment.Shri Gadkari said India is committed to meet the Paris Climate Agreement, where efforts are centered to reduce carbon emissions by 33 to 35% by 2030.
The Minister said necessary steps are being taken to decarbonize the transport sector by reducing the harmful Green House Gas  emissions. He said we are committed to adopt import-substitute, cost-effective, indigenous, and pollution-free modes of transport in the country.
Shri Gadkari said India is committed to an eminently achievable clean energy-based economy, through an annual road-map for production, supply of ethanol till 2025-26, and systems for its countrywide marketing.
Ministry of Textiles
We must achieve target of $ 44 bn of Textile exports in 2021-22 : Shri PiyushGoyal
Government is always open to consider all Industry requirements - Shri Goyal
FTAs are progressing fast on many fronts.- Shri PiyushGoyal
"We must achieve target of $ 44 bn of Textile exports in 2021-22" said Shri PiyushGoyal , Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Textiles, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution while interacting with the leaders of Textile Industry in India.
He said that Government is always open to consider all industry requirements to ensure that targets are achieved. He said that Industries that don’t depend on subsidies thrive much more.
Shri Goyal furtherstated that PLI Scheme for Textiles & MITRA Parks Scheme is going to benefit the Industry in a big way.
Shri PiyushGoyal said that India has met all of its international service commitments, which has made us the trusted partner of the world. It may be noted that India is showing signs of robust economic recovery .Total Merchandise exports upto November 2021 is ~ $ 262 billion.
The Minister said that we can no longer be satisfied with small increments, its time for a quantum jump. It may be noted that Shri Goyal had asked the Textile industry to aim for $ 100 billion exports in a quick time. The meeting was convened to review the progress being made.
Shri Goyal said that exporters must back the expectations of the nation with their Effort, Expertise & Efficiency. They should explore new markets.
Shri Goyal asked the participants and stake holders to especially take care of small exporters & guide them.The Minister added that Government aims to provide a conducive ecosystem to explore our competitive & comparative advantage. These include simplification of laws, reduction of compliance burden, RoSTCL&RoDTEP notified, etc.
Shri Goyal further stated that upcoming FTAs with different nations will provide new avenues to build a trade partnerships.
It may be noted that Ministry of Textiles has adopted a holistic development model of the sector supported by infrastructure and cluster development, technical textile mission, performance linked incentives and a zero rated tax policy on exports to restore India’s pride in the global textile market.
Prominent Textiles exporters, EPCs , industry leaders participated in the interaction held to discuss measures to boost manufacturing and enhance exports.
Ministry of Defence
AWARD OF MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL  TO ADMIRAL SUNIL LANBA  BY GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE
HE Madam Halimah Yacob, the President of Republic of Singapore, conferred the prestigious Pingat Jasa Gemilang  [Meritorious Service Medal ] on Admiral Sunil Lanba , the former Chief of Naval Staff, Indian Navy. Dr Ng Eng Hen, Defence Minister of Singapore presented the award to Admiral Sunil Lanba , on behalf of the President, in a solemn Investiture Ceremony, held on 08 Sep 22 at the Ministry of Defence, Singapore.
The award is a recognition of strong bilateral defence ties between India and Singapore as well as stellar contribution of Adm Sunil Lanba to strengthen the engagements between the two Navies. During his tenure as the Chief of Naval Staff, the Indian Navy hosted the 25th edition of Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise  at Visakhapatnam in Oct 2018. Adm Sunil Lanba  fondly recalled having hosted Dr Ng Eng Hen, Defence Minister of Singapore along with Rear Adm Lue Chuan Hong, the then Chief of Navy, Republic of Singapore Navy onboard INS Shakti for the concluding day of the Sea Phase of the Exercise. During the sea phase the Defence Minister of Singapore and other dignitaries witnessed, first hand, the level of interoperability achieved by the two Navies wherein high end operational manoeuvres including live missile firings were executed successfully by participating ships, aircraft and submarines of both navies. Under the leadership of Adm Sunil Lanba, several milestone defence agreements were also signed between the two Navies, including the Bilateral Agreement on Navy Cooperation and Mutual Logistics Support Agreement. Adm Lanba also hosted the inaugural Goa Maritime Conclave in 2017, in which Singapore is one of the participants. During his term as the Chief of Naval Staff, Adm Lanba had attended the International Maritime Review  commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Republic of Singapore Navy , the International Maritime and Defence Expo  and the International Maritime Security Conference, co-hosted by the RSN alongside IMDEX-Asia in May 2017.
During his visit to Singapore to receive the Award, Adm Sunil Lanba  also held interactions with Lt Gen Melvyn Ong, Chief of Defence Force, Singapore Armed Forces and Rear Adm Aaron Beng, Chief of Navy, Republic of Singapore Navy. During these interactions, Adm Lanba complimented the leadership of Singapore for sustaining the momentum of bilateral engagements and shared views on new avenues of cooperation.
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Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
The Government continues to modulate the effective price to consumer for domestic LPG
The Government has announced a targeted subsidy for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana  beneficiaries for upto 12 refills for year 2022-23
The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today informed that the details of funds allocated towards LPG Subsidy during the last five years and current year are given below:
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Particulars
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2017-18
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2018-19
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2019-20
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2020-21
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2021-22
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2022-23|
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Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG  subsidy
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13,122
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16,570
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29,719
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25,620
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3,347
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4,064
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Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana  subsidy
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2,252
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3,200
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3,724
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9,690
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1,618
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800
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Total
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15,374
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19,770
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33,443
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35,310
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4,965
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4,864
Source: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell ,Budget Estimates
The details of number of beneficiaries under DBTL  Scheme, 2014 for last five year are as follows:
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As on Date
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No. of beneficiaries
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As on 01.04.2018
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20,21,20,070
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As on 01.04.2019
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24,67,63,542
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As on 01.04.2020
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26,29,12,547
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As on 01.04.2021
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27,16,18,904
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As on 01.04.2022
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28,36,77,886
Source: Indian Oil Corporation Limited  on behalf of OMCs
The prices of petroleum products in the country are linked to the price of respective products in the international market. However, the Government continues to modulate the effective price to consumer for domestic LPG. The subsidy, as admissible, is credited to the bank account of eligible beneficiaries. In addition, the Government has announced a targeted subsidy of Rs. 200 per 14.2 Kg cylinder for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana  beneficiaries for upto 12 refills for year 2022-23.
The details of prices of domestic LPG for the last one year are given below:
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Date effective from
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Retail Selling Price  of Domestic LPG
Rs./14.2 Kg Cylinder
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01 April 2021
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809.00
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01 July 2021
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834.50
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17 August 2021
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859.50
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01 September 2021
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884.50
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06 October 2021
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899.50
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22 March 2022
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949.50
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07 May 2022
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999.50
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19 May 2022
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1003.00
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06 July 2022
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1053.00
Source: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
₹12,788.87 crores were allocated under the various youth and sports development schemes of YAS Ministry in last five years: Shri Anurag Thakur
Funds are allocated/released Scheme-wise, and not State-wise for development of youth and sports by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. During the last five years and in the current year, a total of ₹12,788.87 crores were allocated and ₹11,482.77 crores were utilized, under the various youth and sports development schemes of this Ministry.
The Union Government keeps receiving proposals related to Youth Affairs & Sports from various State/Union Territory Governments from time to time. Proposals are sanctioned according to the parameters of the respective Schemes subject to their completeness, technical feasibility and availability of funds under the Schemes. Under the component “Utilization and Creation of Sports Infrastructure” of Khelo India Scheme, 289 sports infrastructure projects have been sanctioned across the country, including 11 in the state of Bihar.
All schemes of this Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports are gender neutral, which equally cater to both male and female sportspersons and take care of development of sports amongst women as well. Besides, one vertical of the Khelo India Scheme, namely, ‘Sports for women’ caters specifically to promote sports among women.
This information was given by Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Thakur in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves MoU between India and Japan for cooperation in the field of good quality textiles
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved for signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Textiles Committee, India and M/s Nissenken Quality Evaluation Centre, Japan for improving quality and testing of Indian textiles and Clothing for the Japanese market.
The MoU would enable M/s Nissenken Quality Evaluation Centre, Japan in assigning Textile Committee as their cooperative Testing and Inspection service providers in the Republic of India for Textiles & Apparel products including Technical Textiles and any other products mutually agreed upon at a later date for both domestic and overseas clients/buyers.
Ministry of Defence
Shri Rajnath Singh becomes first Raksha Mantri to fly ‘LCA Tejas’
Shri Rajnath Singh has scripted history by becoming the first Raksha Mantri to fly the Light Combat Aircraft  ‘Tejas’. Shri Rajnath Singh undertook 30-minute sortie in the indigenously-built multi-role fighter aircraft with Air Vice Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari, at the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited  Airport in Bengaluru this morning.
Raksha Mantri described his experience of flying the fourth-generation aircraft as ’thrilling and special’. Congratulating HAL, Defence Research and Development Organisation  and Aeronautical Development Agency  for building the multi-role fighter aircraft, Shri Rajnath Singh said demand has been received for ‘Tejas’ from different countries. He expressed pride that India has reached a stage where fighter aircraft and arms & ammunition can be exported to the world.
Raksha Mantri also praised the Indian Air Force as well as Army & Navy for their professionalism, courage and bravery. “I am proud of the soldiers of our Armed Forces”, he said.
Air Vice Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari said Raksha Mantri even controlled ‘Tejas’ in the air for some time and was shown the Avionics and Sophisticated Systems onboard the aircraft. He said “Shri Rajnath Singh was very happy with the quality and smoothness of the aircraft”.
Earlier, Shri Rajnath Singh was briefed about the functioning of the ‘Tejas’ by senior officials of Air Force.
Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman, DRDO; Shri R. Madhavan, CMD, HAL and other senior officials of DRDO and HAL were present on the occasion.
Tejas is a multi-role fighter with several critical capabilities. It is meant to strengthen India’s air defence capabilities.
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Ministry of Rural Development
Shyam Prasad Mukherjee Rural Urban Mission  is achieving all its goals steadily despite its inherent complexity and uniqueness
SPMRM growth clusters are playing a role reducing urban migration
Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission  was launched in the year 2016 in mission mode to develop 300 clusters in the country holistically by provisioning of economic, social and physical infrastructure facilities. The goal of SPMRM is development of a cluster of villages that preserve and nurture the essence of rural community life with focus on equity and inclusiveness without compromising with the facilities perceived to be essentially urban in nature, thus creating a cluster of ‘Rurban villages. The main objectives of SPMRM are to stimulate local economic development, enhance basic services, and create well planned Rurban clusters.
Under the Mission, presently, there are 109 tribal clusters and 191 non-tribal clusters under different stages of development across 28 States and 6 Union Territories  of the country. Out of 300 rurban clusters, 291 Integrated Cluster Action Plans  and 282 Detailed Project Reports  have been developed by States /UTs with a proposed investment of Rs. 27,788.44 .
Following, significant achievements have been made:
i. An expenditure of Rs.15,072.34 crore, constituting 54.24% of the outlay has already been incurred.
ii. Out of total 76,973 projected works under the Mission, a total of 40,751  works are either completed or near completion stage.
iii.To propagate planned development, the planning notification has been done for 248 clusters.
iv. Regarding the objective of having 'sustainable planned development of rural habitat on spatial perspective' a spatial planning platform has been developed in collaboration with Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics and Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Mentor institutions have been onboarded for providing technical assistance to States/UTs in implementation of the Mission apart from strengthening technological infrastructure in rural areas.
Therefore, Mission is achieving all its goals steadily despite its inherent complexity and uniqueness.
NITI Aayog, while evaluating the implementation of SPMRM, found that “SPMRM growth clusters are playing a role reducing urban migration by ensuring that basic infrastructure, utilities are provided and industrialization is promoted. It is very relevant for ensuring transformational developments as against transitional developments in India’s rural development sector ...".
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Defence
MARITIME SECURITY: MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING  BETWEEN THE INFORMATION FUSION CENTRE - INDIAN OCEAN REGION  AND REGIONAL COORDINATION OPERATIONS CENTRE 
In order to further the existing cooperation in the realm of maritime safety and security, IFC-IOR signed an MoU on 21 Feb 2023 with Regional Coordination Operations Centre , Seychelles. The MoU signed by Captain Rohit Bajpai, Director, IFC-IOR and Capt Sam Gontier, Director, RCOC aims to promote collaboration between the two Centres towards enhancing maritime domain awareness, information sharing and expertise development.
IFC-IOR, hosted by the Indian Navy, was established by the Government of India at Gurugram on 22 Dec 2018 to enhance collaborative maritime safety and security in the Indian Ocean Region in line with India’s vision of Security and Growth for All in the Region . To enable better correlation, compressed information cycles and timely inputs, IFC-IOR also hosts International Liaison Officers  from partner nations. To date the Centre has hosted ILOs from 12 partner nations - Australia, France, Italy, Japan, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Singapore, United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
The Maritime Security Architecture in the Western Indian Ocean, implemented by the Indian Ocean Commission  is supported by the Regional Maritime Information Fusion Centre , the Regional Operations Coordination Centre  and the national centres of the seven signatory countries .
Since inception, IFC-IOR has established linkages with several multinational maritime security centres and the current initiative will enable deeper collaboration between the IFC-IOR and RCOC. This approach will allow the Centres to effectively develop a common maritime understanding to counter non-traditional maritime security threats such as piracy and armed robbery, human and contraband trafficking, Illegal Unregulated and Unreported  fishing, arms running, poaching, maritime terrorism, etc with a special focus on the Western Indian Ocean.
During the MoU signing both the Directors of RCOC and IFC-IOR were unanimous on the need to enhance information sharing and analysis to cue actions at sea. They also highlighted that this MoU will enhance trust and improving synergy between the Centres towards furthering collaborative maritime safety and security in the Indian Ocean Region. The event was attended by the Secretary General and delegates from IOC, High Commissioner of India to Seychelles and senior officers of the Indian Navy.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people on Mahalaya
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people on the occasion of Mahalaya.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"Shubho Mahalaya!
We bow to Maa Durga and seek her blessings for the well-being of our planet and the welfare of our citizens. May everyone be happy as well as healthy in the times to come."